Reversible attached cuff for shirts.



O. J. HAABESTAD.

REVERSIBLE ATTACHED CUFF FOR SHIRTS.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 26,1910.

1,085,41. Patented Jan. 2?, 19m

\VITNESSES INVENTOR M Oil/en Jcl aafiesizd ATTORNEV OWEN J. HAABESTAID,

' ATEN '1 ()FFICE.

OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

REVERSIBLE ATTACHED CUFF FOR SHIRTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan, 27, 1914.

Application filed July 26, 1910. Serial No. 573,944.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OWEN J. HAABESTAD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Reversible Attached Cuffs for Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in reversible attached cuffs for shirts, and has for its object to provide an exceedingly simple and efiective device of this character, whereby the cuff may bere versed so that when one portion has become soiled the clean portion may be turned outward;

Ordinarily the ends of a shirt become soiled before the other portions of the shirt, and it is necessary for the shirt having attached cuffs to be sent to the wash, although the bosom may not be soiled, but with my improved reversible cuff, after one portion as become soiled the other portion may be readily and quickly turned outward, thus giving the wearer the benefit of two pair of cuffs.

In accomplishing the above named object,

form an extra wide cuff having two similar edges or although they may be of different styles, and this cuff I attach on a sleeve, and being attached at its longitudinal center permits either half to extend away from the sleeve, while the other half lies in proximity thereto.

With these ends in view, consists in the combination of forth and then the claim.

Inordenthat those skilled in the art to this invention details of construction and elements hereinafter set specifically designated by describe its construction in detail, refeiring by letter to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which the figure is a side elevation of a shirt sleeve showing it open, the cuff being shown in perspective.

11 carrying out my invention as here embodied, A represents the sleeve having a slit B, the edges of the sleeveat the slit being fastened by hole D.

E denotes the cuff attached at its longitudinal center to the end of the sleeve A, as shown at F, thus dividing said cuff into two cuff sections G and H These sections may be made to represent different style cuffs, and as here shown the section G represents a single cornered cuff, shows a round cornered cuff.

At the sides of the cuff adjacent the point where they are sewn to the sleeve are formed the tongues I, each having a button hole J to permit the use of the ordinary cuff button, holding the cuff about the arm. In each of the cuff sections adjacent the corners are formed the button holes K, through which pass the cuff links.

In practice, the cuff member G will be first used extending away from the shirt slgeve, while the cuff section H will lie against the shirt sleeve on the outside surface thereof. After the cuff section G has become soiled the cuff links and the cufl' buttons are removed, the end of the sleeve opened and the cuff section G turned in so that it lies against the inner surface of the shirt sleeve, thus turning the cuff section down, so that it extends away from theshirt sleeve A, the buttons may then be replaced and an unsoilcd cuff will be presented to view.

Of course I do not wish to be llmited to the exact details of construction here shown, as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my inven tion, what I claim as new and useful, is-

In a reversible cuff, the combination with a sleeve having a slit formed therein, of a culf comprising a rectangular body portion attached to the sleeve along its longitudinal center, leaving a portion of the sleeve in proximity to the edges of the slit unattached on both sides, two oppositely disposed cuff sections being produced, one section being above and the other below the longitudinrl center, each of the sections having button holes therein for the reception of cuff links, the ends of the cuff projecting beyond the sleeve and each projecting end having cut away portions therein equidistant on each the button C and the button while the section H side of the medial portion of the eufi', In testimony whereofflhavehereunto'aftongue formed by the said cut away porfixed my signature in the presence of two tions in each end of the cuff having button subscribing witnesses. holes therein, and the outer extremities of OVEN J. HAABESTAD. the tongues lying flush with the ends of the Vitnesses: I cufi substantially as and for the purposei EDW. \V. i\US'lIN, specified S. I. GALLAGHER. 

